Resilient tire.



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*UNITED sTATEs PATENT oFFIoELl 'l CHRISTIAN HERMINGHUYSEN, 0F VAN WERT, OHIO.

RESILIENT TIRE.

AToiall whom #may concern: j

lBe it known that I, CHRISTIAN HERMING- :HUYsEN,/acitizen of the United States, re-

sidin '/at VanNVert, in the county of Van rtand State of Ohio, and useful Improvements in Resilient Tires,

ofrwhich the following is: a specification.v This invention relates to improvements 1n resilienttires for vehicle wheels; and it has -about the rim of the wheel and connected :1a-

fthereto so that the tire will possess a high degree of elasticityto permit the wheel to "readily andellectually absorb the shocks and jars of the vehicle.

" A further object of the invention is the provision of meansv for simplifying the methodA of connecting the tire with the-rim and for positively holding the tire against creeping around the rim.

"With these and other objects in view, the -invention consists of certa-in novel features fof construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

. the accompanying drawings: Figure l Fig. 2 is :i sectionon line 2f-2 of Fig. 1;-Fig. 3 Ais a' section on line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

The wheel 1 is provided with a rim 2 having-an integral side flange and a re- 354- inovable side flange 4, the latter having fastening bolts' extending therethrough and 4vthrough the body of the rim, asvshown in Fig. 2. The relative association of the two 'flanges 3 and 4 of the rim of the wheel de- 40- 'ifines an'continuous intervening groove 6 betweensuch flanges so as to accommodate thc Itire 7 The tire is constructed Afrom a single length of spring steel having many convolutions, 8 slightly spaced from eachV other which are seated directly against the walls of the groove 6 so as to prevent the convolutions from shifting laterally and to strengthen the convolutions and render the same capable of resisting comparatively :heavy loads. The meeting 4convolutions at the terminalsof the metal Vfrom which the tire is made may be Welded,` or otherwise4 suitably secured together the tire is one 'continuous structure' Fasj Specification of Letters, Patent.

Application ined June 25,1913.

have invented new-- for ,its object the provision of a device of this 'character which may be constructed.

heads 12 and provided with relatively fiat portions 9,

- and the minor so that in effect Patented Feb. 10,1914. serial No. 775,728. A

tening bolts 10 are adapted to be extended between adjacent convolutions'of the tire and through radial passages 11 in the rim.

These bolts are provided with heads 12 having recesses 13 therein to accommodate flat portions tire, as shown in Fig. 3. From the grooves 13 the heads are provided with extensions 14 that are adapted to be drawn into .correspondingly formed recesses 15 in the rim 2 of the wheel. The bolts are threaded at 16 `to receive clamping nuts 17, whereby the bolts may be moved radially and adjusted so as to bring the headsl12 thereof into op" erative clamping engagement with the tire, as will be. understood.

In applying the tire to 4 of the latter is removed. The spring tire is then stretched over the' rim and the bolts 10 are extended between the convolutions of the spring and then turned so that the lie at right angles to the plane vof the adjacent flat portions 9. The clamping nuts '17'are then adjusted 'so as to hold the tire in an applied position. After thisoperation 9 of adjacent convolutions of the.

the. rim the flange the removable flange 4 of the rim is applied and the bolts 5 adjusted' so' as to bring the inner surface 18 of the removable flange into positive engagement with all of the convolutions of the tire whereby to brace the latter and assist in the action of the companion fixed flange 3 toward holding the tire against slipping laterally from the rim. The fact that the bolts are extended into the recesses 15 insures the bolts against being subjected to undue'strain under tendency of the tire to lcreep around the rim. At the same time the construction is such that the boltsv are effectually held against casually working from their intended positions.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with ings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood Without` requiringl amore extended explanation.

the accompanylng drawy Various changes in theform, proportion i details of construction may be resorted to 'without departing from the principle -or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as claimed.,

Havingv thus described my invention, what I claim is A vehicle wheel, a'rsilient tire extending entirely around the rim and constructed of a flat portions ot the Ponvolufons and hav 0 ing extensions ltxng lnfsaid recesses.

In testimoinv whereof I aflix in v sign-.nun`

in presence of two Witnesses.

CHRSTIN HERMINGHUYSEN.

Witnesses:

GRACE TANQUARY, G. M. SALTZGABER. 

